Rocket manufacturer ATSpace has confirmed the company is ready to launch two of their Kestrel I rockets before the end of the year with the Australian Space Agency's permission, launch services and rocket subsystems provider Southern Launch said. ATSpace and Southern Launch, are planning to launch the VS02 and VS03 missions from the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex in December.
Read More »France joins ASAT testing ban initiative
The French government expressed its decision to join the direct-ascent ASAT (DASAT) testing ban initiative launched by the United States of America to save Earth orbits from further hazardous debris. The French Government’s aim with this step is to promote a “safe, stable space environment.”
Read More »GMV joins forces with Lockheed Martin to develop SouthPAN system
Multinational technology firm GMV has signed an agreement with aerospace, arms, defense, information security, and technology corporation Lockheed Martin, to develop the processing and control centers for the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network system (SouthPAN), GMV said. SouthPAN is a joint effort of the Australian and New Zealand governments to provide a satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) for navigation and precise point positioning services.
Read More »Apogeo Space signs multi-unit launch agreement with D-Orbit
Nanosatellite and cubesat company Apogeo Space, has signed a multiple launch agreement space logistics and transportation services provider D-Orbit, to bring its satellites into orbit, Apogeo said. The launches are planned to start in 2023.
Read More »OroraTech raises €15 million to expand its thermal-infrared climate solutions portfolio
Space-based thermal-infrared data intelligence company OroraTech, has extended its Series A round with €15 million from private investors and public sector co-funding, the company said. OroraTech will use the funding to launch its second space-based thermal-infrared camera in May next year to expand its climate solutions portfolio.
Read More »Space Café 33 minutes live from Airbus Bremen with Laura Todd and Kai Bergemann
Our Space Café “33 minutes live from Airbus Bremen with Laura Todd and Kai Bergemann” about our path to the Moon (Orion), the European service module, (ESM), and Artemis took place on Tuesday, 15th November at the Airbus Integration Facility in Bremen.
Read More »EOS wins two US Government space contracts
Electro Optic Systems’ subsidiary, EOS Defense Systems USA (EOSDS USA) has been awarded two contracts by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) government agency’s Office of Space Commerce, EOS said. The first of these contracts will enable commercial satellite laser ranging (SLR) data for NOAA’s Open Architecture Data Repository. Meanwhile, the second contract will provide passive electro-optical observations.
Read More »NASA awards ICON US $57.2 million contract for lunar surface construction system
Advanced construction technologies and large-scale 3D printing company ICON, has been awarded a US $57.2 million contract as part of Phase III of NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, ICON said. The award builds on NASA’s and the Department of Defense’s previous funding for ICON’s Project Olympus. Under this project, the company carried out research and development of space-based construction systems to support lunar exploration and beyond.
Read More »Millennium Space Systems completes Missile Track Custody program’s critical design review
High-performing prototype and constellation solutions provider Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, successfully completed the Critical Design Review for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command’s Missile Track Custody (MTC) program mission payload, the company said.
Read More »Airbus and ArianeGroup sign contract for Ariane 6 transition batch
Airbus and ArianeGroup have signed a contract covering the next transition batch of Ariane 6 large carbon fibre structures, Airbus said. Under the contract, Airbus will manufacture and supply innovative, lightweight, large structures for the next fourteen Ariane 6 launch vehicles.
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